Stronger cooperation between China and Spain
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Stronger cooperation between China and Spain

Stronger cooperation between China and Spain

Despite the ongoing conflicts over state subsidies and other trade-related issues between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China, in 2024 Beijing proved his willingness to foster and improve its trade relations with many European countries. Among them, Spain has been active in recent years towards strengthening the bilateral exchanges with China, as proved last month when Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hold an official visit in the Asian country on 8-11 September.

As China’s fifth-largest trading partner within the EU, Spain has all the interest in promoting mutual openness in the trade environment between the two countries, with a total trade volume that in 2023 reached USD 48.58 billion. The economic ties were strengthened during recent years with a series of agreements, among which a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in force since 2008, a Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTA) in force since 2021, and a Social Insurance Agreement, effective since 2018 , this latter is an agreement that for example other European Nations, as Italy, do not have with China. One of the purposes of Sánchez’s visit was to reinforce mutual investments in a different variety of sectors: in this direction goes the deal, announced by the Spanish delegation and worth one billion dollars, signed with the Chinese Envision Group to build a new hydrogen equipment factory in Spain.
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